Deb and I had a great time at Exotica this year. A big thank you to Duke and Amy for working so hard to make this year's event the success that it was. Fitzgeralds looked great yesterday and the bands were smokin'! Trader Vic's was fun and today's buffet at the Chef was suberb. Looking forward to Exotica 2006!

I would like to thank Duke and Amy for a great time at Exotica this year was fantastic. I would also like to thank TubroG, blacksandz, JTD, Formikahini, TikiVixen, King Kukulele, Mr. & Ms. JDTIKI, Mr. & Ms. Johnny Dollar, ikitnrev, for a fun filled weekend and so many other TC people I met over this weekend. A big thanks goes to tikibars for the ride Thursday night around Chicago land

Mucho Mahalos to Amy, Duke,Melanie, & Eddie for making this Exotica so incredible! The entire weekend was a total blast. It was great for Coalbe & I to be able to put some of the faces together with TC names. We took oodles of pics & hopefully we will get to posting them next day or two.
TTFN
D&C

P.S.Be sure to join us for International Tiki Day celebration at Chef Shangri-La on either Saturday 8/13 or Sunday 8/14. We will start a thread with info as soon as we talk with Susan and pick which the date which works best.

Also, we would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth on Saturday!

Hey Lake, thanx for the great tiki (he is happy in his new home next to our Kona Kai Tiki), and thanx for getting a photo of our booth

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BaMbOoLoDgE...where the South Pacific meets the Great White North!

TURBO <got street cred> g. reporting in. Had an awesome time. Great to meet some new people from TC. Always great to see old friends from TC as well. JT, thanks for cartin' us around on Thursday in the Mobile Exploration Unit 2.0. Hello again to DocWoods. All the entertainment was incredible. Mike Miller can mix a drink. The DJ sets were really good. Pablus, the Kats were tight. Tikivixen, I still can't House of Bamboo out of my head. At work right now so I don't have time to post pics, here's a link to the shared album. Never did get a dinner w/ utensils. Next time for sure. Duke, Amy and Eddie, great job. See you all next year @ Exotica 2006...right?!?

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Tacky Techie Tiki BarIt's easy to grin, when your ship comes in, and you've got the stock market beat; but the man worth while, is the man who can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat

I was at Fitzgeralds for just a lil bit but got a huge dose of what "Tiki" is all about. Being new to this scene, I was overwhelmed by what people hold dear and that fact that there was a weekend, in my hometown nonetheless, that people from different parts of the country came to attend.

Greetings to TurboGod: Sorry for not catching up w/ you and the gang later. Aloha to Fred, and Clarence who I got to meet. Nice talking to Danny (diablo) and Adrift's Marcus.

I should have tried to meet a few more TC'ers but besides being overcome by shy dorkiness, and Soren being hot and tired, we had other engagements to tend to so we bailed only after a couple hours.